The western counterpart of the ruby-throated, the black-chinned regularly pumps its tail. Monotypic. Length 3.3–3.8"; bill 16–22 mm. Best marks for all ages are narrow inner primaries and ...

Hummingbird tongues work through a capillary ... female and immature members of the species lack the distinctive black throat patch altogether. Instead, their throat area is typically a speckled ...

Costa’s generally plainer on throat and underparts, without dusky throat spotting. See black-chinned hummingbird.

A few Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Rufous Hummingbirds, and Black-chinned Hummingbirds winter rarely but regularly in Alabama. Put out your hummingbird feeders in Alabama by the first week of March.

WILMINGTON, N.C.— The Center for Biological Diversity and partners today filed a legal petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the coastal black-throated green warbler (also known ...

I had no idea about this hummingbird garden in New Jersey. Thousands of hummingbirds will be taking over New Jersey in 41 days as we head into spring.

Black-chinneds are closely related to the ruby-throated hummingbirds of the East ... despite their fairly subtle appearance for a hummingbird.” Black-chinned hummingbirds undergo twice yearly ...